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John Lacoste, deputy police chief in Emeryville, Calif., echoes that view and suggests that the origins of the epidemic are not exclusively black. "If a group like the Weathermen create an atmosphere of tension and hate," he argues, "it is much easier for a black man who has possibly been abused-or thinks he has been abused-to go ahead and 'execute' a policeman, especially when different black groups advocate these 'executions...
...troops to go underground to wage their own "Battle of Algiers" against military installations and police departments in the U.S. The campaign was violently interrupted last March when a cache of dynamite blew up in a Greenwich Village town house, killing three of the would-be saboteurs. The Weathermen devoted several months afterward to learning how to handle explosives properly...
Last week, after five hours' deliberation, the jury acquitted Flanagan of all charges. He quickly dropped his disguise. Off came the jacket, up flew the right arm in a clenched-fist salute. "Boom power to the Weathermen!" cried Flanagan. "I don't have to play the Man's game any more. Law-and-order in Chicago is a farce. I want to go back to the streets and fight." New Yorkers will not be cheered by Flanagan's parting words. With his arm around his girl friend he proclaimed: "I'm going home to make...
Justice Department officials said they built their case by working backward from the rubble of a New York City town house, blown up in an accidental explosion last March after it had been turned into a bomb factory by the Weathermen. According to the indictment, the Flint conspirators (and others the grand jury could not identify) formed a central committee to direct "focals"-cells of three or four activists-in the bombing of "police and other civic, business and educational buildings throughout the country...
...carry out the conspiracy, the Weathermen allegedly traveled around the U.S. with false identities, using coded messages, to get the guns and explosives they needed. Although the indictment cited 21 overt acts furthering the conspiracy, no actual bombing was charged. Federal officials said that there was an attempt to blow up the Detroit police officers' association building, but the bomb never went...